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Going into the negative range on clarity for portraits is sort of amateurish. It's not all that pleasing. I also am unsure of what the heavy line is off to the right back of the image. It's very distracting. I also find the hands to be strange with the back of the hand facing the camera and the feather not really showing that it's a feather.

Overall, I like this photo quite a bit. Other than the top right corner which I agree is distracting, I like the softness of the image, the position of the model and have no problem with the back of the hand. In her position, I don't know how else the feather could be held. Even if held by the left hand, the exposed palm would look strange. What drew me to this image were the glasses. It added a different touch to the photo which I found interesting.